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<p>[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 1315101, member: 12789"]<img src="http://scottishmoney.net/bigcoins/birminghamthreepence1813.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This looks like ordinary conder token era piece - but is special because it was also largest bronze token, and largest monetary piece to ever really circulate in Great Britain ever. This piece is more than twice the size and weight of the Crown coins of the time. In fact it weighs 2.5 oz. Incredible as this exists, there were a few patterns made of a sixpence coin that had it been issued would have weighed 5 oz and been like a hockey puck sized piece. I have a few of these that I keep as paperweight and play money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 1315101, member: 12789"][IMG]http://scottishmoney.net/bigcoins/birminghamthreepence1813.jpg[/IMG] This looks like ordinary conder token era piece - but is special because it was also largest bronze token, and largest monetary piece to ever really circulate in Great Britain ever. This piece is more than twice the size and weight of the Crown coins of the time. In fact it weighs 2.5 oz. Incredible as this exists, there were a few patterns made of a sixpence coin that had it been issued would have weighed 5 oz and been like a hockey puck sized piece. I have a few of these that I keep as paperweight and play money.[/QUOTE]
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